Structural highlights
Function
SMC2_HUMAN Central component of the condensin complex, a complex required for conversion of interphase chromatin into mitotic-like condense chromosomes. The condensin complex probably introduces positive supercoils into relaxed DNA in the presence of type I topoisomerases and converts nicked DNA into positive knotted forms in the presence of type II topoisomerases.[1]
References
- ↑ Kimura K, Cuvier O, Hirano T. Chromosome condensation by a human condensin complex in Xenopus egg extracts. J Biol Chem. 2001 Feb 23;276(8):5417-20. Epub 2001 Jan 2. PMID:11136719 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.C000873200
